ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING

Testing samples were submerged in water for either one, two, four, or eight weeks periods at a time.  The water containing the samples was room temperature. Baseline samples were kept out of the water for a comparison.

PRINTER PARAMETERS

An Ultimaker 2 and Ultimaker 2+ were used to print the samples using these given parameters. These specifications produced the best printing results with PLA.  The speeds on the table are percentages of "Cura" speeds which can be found on their main page.  The infill for each specimen was 20%